CORRECTED COPY

The FAA is reissuing the July 17, 2015, grant of exemption of Exemption No. 12073. A 

correction was made to clarify the aircraft. Below is the amended Exemption No. 12073 that 

includes the aforementioned changes. We made the correction in our records as of October 

10, 2015.

July 17, 2015

Exemption No. 12073

Regulatory Docket No. FAA–2015–1367

Mr. Kevin Adkins

President

Crossview Concepts Corporation, Inc.

1986 James Gaynor Street

Fallbrook, CA 92028

Dear Mr. Adkins:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your request for exemption. It transmits our 

decision, explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations of the exemption, 

including the date it ends.

By letters dated April 19 and May 12, 2015, you petitioned the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) on behalf of Crossview Concepts Corporation, Inc. (hereinafter 

petitioner or operator) for an exemption. The exemption would allow the petitioner to operate 

an unmanned aircraft system (UAS) to conduct on-demand commercial sUAS operations.

See Appendix A for the petition submitted to the FAA describing the proposed operations and 

the regulations that the petitioner seeks an exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition 

in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any 

delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to the petitioner.
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Airworthiness Certification

The UAS proposed by the petitioner are the DJI Inspire 1, DJI Spreading Wings S1000, DJI 

Phantom 2, DJI Phantom 3, Aeryon Sky Ranger, 3D Robotics X8-M, 3D Robotics Solo, 

Prioia Hex, Prioia Maverick, Hoverfly LiveSky, Hoverfly BigSky 60, Hoverfly H-Frame, X 

Fold Quadcopter, X-Fold Hexcopter, X-Fold Octocopter, X-Fold X-12, InovaDrone Inova 

One, R/C Rotors and Aerial Media Matrix Professional Multi-Rotor Frame, R/C Rotors and 

Aerial Media Octocopter Heavy Lift Professional Multi-Rotor Frame Ronin Edition, 

Microdrone MD4-1000, and Physical Sciences InstantEye.

The petitioner requested relief from 14 CFR part 21, Certification procedures for products 

and parts, Subpart H—Airworthiness Certificates. In accordance with the statutory criteria 

provided in Section 333 of Public Law 112−95 in reference to 49 U.S.C. § 44704, and in 

consideration of the size, weight, speed, and limited operating area associated with the 

aircraft and its operation, the Secretary of Transportation has determined that this aircraft 

meets the conditions of Section 333. Therefore, the FAA finds that the requested relief from 

14 CFR part 21, Certification procedures for products and parts, Subpart H—Airworthiness 

Certificates, and any associated noise certification and testing requirements of part 36, is 

not necessary.

The Basis for Our Decision

You have requested to use a UAS for aerial data collection1and closed set motion picture and 

filming. The FAA has issued grants of exemption in circumstances similar in all material 

respects to those presented in your petition. In Grants of Exemption Nos. 11062 to Astraeus 

Aerial (see Docket No. FAA−2014−0352), 11109 to Clayco, Inc. (see Docket No. 

FAA−2014−0507), 11112 to VDOS Global, LLC (see Docket No. FAA−2014−0382), and 

11213 to Aeryon Labs, Inc. (see Docket No. FAA−2014−0642), the FAA found that the 

enhanced safety achieved using an unmanned aircraft (UA) with the specifications described 

by the petitioner and carrying no passengers or crew, rather than a manned aircraft of 

significantly greater proportions, carrying crew in addition to flammable fuel, gives the FAA 

good cause to find that the UAS operation enabled by this exemption is in the public interest.

Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that—

 They are similar in all material respects to relief previously requested in Grant of 

Exemption Nos. 11062, 11109, 11112, and 11213;

 

1 Aerial data collection includes any remote sensing and measuring by an instrument(s) aboard the UA. 

Examples include imagery (photography, video, infrared, etc.), electronic measurement (precision surveying, RF 

analysis, etc.), chemical measurement (particulate measurement, etc.), or any other gathering of data by 

instruments aboard the UA.
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 The reasons stated by the FAA for granting Exemption Nos. 11062, 11109, 11112, and 

11213 also apply to the situation you present; and 

 A grant of exemption is in the public interest.

Our Decision

In consideration of the foregoing, I find that a grant of exemption is in the public interest. 

Therefore, pursuant to the authority contained in 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 40113, and 44701, 

delegated to me by the Administrator, Crossview Concepts Corporation, Inc. is granted an 

exemption from 14 CFR §§ 61.23(a) and (c), 61.101(e)(4) and (5), 61.113(a), 61.315(a), 

91.7(a), 91.119(c), 91.121, 91.151(a)(1), 91.405(a), 91.407(a)(1), 91.409(a)(1) and (2), and 

91.417(a) and (b), to the extent necessary to allow the petitioner to operate a UAS to perform 

aerial data collection and closed-set motion picture and filming. This exemption is subject to 

the conditions and limitations listed below.

Conditions and Limitations

In this grant of exemption, Crossview Concepts Corporation, Inc. is hereafter referred to as 

the operator.

Failure to comply with any of the conditions and limitations of this grant of exemption will be 

grounds for the immediate suspension or rescission of this exemption.

1. Operations authorized by this grant of exemption are limited to the DJI Inspire 1, DJI 

Spreading Wings S1000, DJI Phantom 2, DJI Phantom 3, Aeryon Sky Ranger, 3D 

Robotics X8-M, 3D Robotics Solo, Prioia Hex, Prioia Maverick, Hoverfly LiveSky, 

Hoverfly BigSky 60, Hoverfly H-Frame, X Fold Quadcopter, X-Fold Hexcopter, XFold Octocopter, X-Fold X-12, InovaDrone Inova One, R/C Rotors and Aerial Media 

Matrix Professional Multi-Rotor Frame, R/C Rotors and Aerial Media Octocopter 

Heavy Lift Professional Multi-Rotor Frame Ronin Edition, Microdrone MD4-1000, 

and Physical Sciences InstantEye when weighing less than 55 pounds including 

payload. Proposed operations of any other aircraft will require a new petition or a 

petition to amend this exemption.
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This exemption terminates on July 31, 2017, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/

John S. Duncan

Director, Flight Standards Service

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